Mattress Mack: The Movie, Coming in 2026
Posted on: November 25, 2025, 04:26h.
Last updated on: November 25, 2025, 04:26h.
- Film charts Mack’s scrappy rise from salesman to furniture mogul.
- Explores headline-grabbing sports bets tied to bold promotions, marketing campaigns.
- Highlights daughter’s OCD struggle and emotional family recovery journey together.
A movie about Texas’ best known furniture salesman and high-stakes sports bettor, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, is set to hit our screens in 2026.
The colorful owner of Houston’s Gallery Furniture retail chain, McIngvale, 74, is associated with eye-wateringly large sports bets often tied to his business promotions.
But it’s unclear how much the upcoming movie, “Mattress Mack,” will focus on his gambling exploits.
Rags to Riches
Set in the 1980s and 2000s in Houston, what it will tackle is his scrappy rise to the apex of the furniture biz, according to Deadline, while documenting domestic struggles, such as his youngest daughter’s battle with debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Billy Magnussen, recognized for standout roles in “Into the Woods,” “Game Night,” and Disney’s “Aladdin,” will play the furniture tycoon. The film is currently in post-production.
It’s about my life and the rags to riches and all that good stuff,” McIngvale told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “And it’s also about a father-daughter story about how [my wife] Linda and myself helped rescue our daughter from suicidal thoughts and suicidal actions because of her severe OCD, and now she’s one of the premier OCD clinicians in the world.”
Faced with financial difficulties in the early years of his business, McIngvale invested all of his remaining capital in a TV spot.
As he watched the commercial being made, he grew unhappy with how it was turning out. On the spot, he improvised his own fast-paced sales message to fit the slot. The flamboyant, hard-sell television style that would define McIngvale and his brand was born.
Crazy Bets
In 2022, McIngvale placed bets on the Astros to win the World Series. His payout was reported to be around $75 million, one of the all-time largest single sports-betting payouts.
He has also lost big. In 2019, he bet around $13 million on the Astros to win the Series, but the team lost in Game 7 to the Washington Nationals.
He also placed roughly $9.5 million on the Cincinnati Bengals to win In Super Bowl LVI – to no avail. For the 2023 MLB season, he lost another $8 million on the Astros.
These wagers aren’t as risky as they appear. McIngvale treats them as hedges, offsetting potential losses with surges in sales and publicity at his two Houston stores.
He often pairs the bets with promotions offering customers who spend $3,000 or more a full refund if his pick wins. If it doesn’t, he keeps the furniture revenue. If it does, the sportsbook payout covers the refunds.
For Mattress Mack, it’s a way to minimize risk. It also gives Texans a way to feel financially invested in local teams’ fortunes in a state where sports betting remains illegal.
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